Railways Earns Rs 628.49 Crore from Scrap in Campaign 6

Indian Railways has wound up Special Campaign 6, the government drive for clearing pending matters and institutionalising cleanliness, which ran from 2 to 31 October 2026. The campaign was carried out across Zonal Railways, Divisions, Production Units, Public Sector Undertakings and other railway establishments, and the results were announced on 9 November 2026.

What the drive achieved

Earnings from the sale of scrap were the headline figure. The railways realised 628.49 crore rupees this way, which is ahead of the target of 600 crore rupees fixed for the campaign. Removing scrap, obsolete material and other unwanted items also released 6,20,121 square feet of space for use.

• More than one lakh cleanliness drives were held at stations, offices, workshops and other railway premises.
• The focus area this year was the effective collection, segregation and disposal of electronic waste.
• Over 1.50 lakh units of e-waste were disposed of, fetching a further 10.43 crore rupees.
• Old physical and electronic files were reviewed, and public grievances, appeals, Parliamentary assurances and VIP references were taken up for disposal.

Rail Jan Samvad at 5,884 stations

A separate feature of the campaign was Rail Jan Samvad, a face-to-face outreach that let passengers put their feedback and suggestions directly to senior railway officers. It was held at the same time at 5,884 railway stations across the country on 22 October 2026, which makes it one of the widest single-day passenger outreach exercises the railways has attempted.

Figures to remember

Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters is run every year by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, and each participating ministry reports its own achievement. For the railways, the sixth edition rested on four measurable heads: cleanliness drives, scrap and e-waste disposal, release of office and depot space, and the closing of files and references that had been left pending. Candidates should note that the e-waste theme was common to all ministries in this edition, while the scrap revenue figure and the Rail Jan Samvad count are specific to the Ministry of Railways.